Bringing together contributions from over two dozen specialists in the field, this text explains how the resource and environmental management process works; the types of strategies used; the various technical and non-technical considerations that influence decisions; and the tradeoffs that must
be made to accommodate a broad range of legitimate societal interests.
List of Figures, Tables
Contributors
Part One: Context
1. Bruce Mitchell: Conflict and Uncertainty: Issues, Context, Challenges, and Opportunities
2. Chui-Ling Tam: Canada's Role in Global Sustainability: Successes, Failures and Opportunities
Ann Dale: Guest Statement:
A Race to the Lowest Ecological Bottom Line
3. Monica E. Mulrennan: Aboriginal Peoples in Relation to Resource and Environmental Management
Charles Menzies: Guest Statement: Charting a Course between Development and First Nation Rights: Gitxaala of Coastal BC
Part Two: Approaches to
Resource and Environmental Management
4. Bram F. Noble: Adaptive Environmental Management
Lorne Greig: Guest Statement: Reflecting on the Successes and Lesser Successes of Adaptive Management
5. A. John Sinclair and Meinhard Doelle: Environmental Assessment in Canada: Encouraging
Decisions for Sustainability
Jamie Kneen: Guest Statement: Red Chris and the Prognosis for the Public Interest in Environmental Decision-Making
6. Alan P. Diduck, Maureen G. Reed and Colleen George: Participatory Approaches to Resource and Environmental Management
Fikret Berkes: Guest
Statement: Learning with the James Bay Cree
7. Ben Bradshaw: Environmental Governance in Canada: Are We Making Progress?
George Green: Guest Statement: The Evolving Role of Governments, Industry, and Civil Society in Environmental Governance
Part Three: Resource and Environmental
Management in Practice
8. Gordon McBean: Climate Change - Adapting to the Risks in a Changing Climate
Linda Mortsch: Guest Statement: The Evolution of Adaptation in the Great Lakes
9. Dean Bavington: Marine and Freshwater Fisheries in Canada: Uncertainties, Conflicts, and Hope on the
Water
Douglas Harris: Guest Statement: Major Shifts in the Regulation of Canadian Fisheries
10. Christopher Bryant: Agriculture and Food
David J. Connell: Guest Statement: Our Desirable Future and the Place of Agriculture Within It
11. Kevin Hanna: The Enduring Importance of Canada's
Forest Sector
Ryan Bullock: Guest Statement: Stewarding Boreal Forests and Communities
12. Shelley Alexander: Carnivore Management and the Role of Conservation GIS
Paul C. Paquet: Guest Statement: The Role of Traditional Ecological Knowledge in Conservation
13. Philip Dearden and
Nathan J. Bennett: Parks and Protected Areas
Tlehpik- Hjalmer Wenstob: Guest Statement: The Tla-o-qui-aht Tribal Parks Initiative
14. Rob C. de Loë: Water Governance in Canada: Challenges and Opportunities
Charlie Worte: Guest Statement: Evolving Water Governance: Meeting Tomorrow's
Challenges
15. Emily Eaton: Managing Energy Resources for Environmental and Social Sustainability
Jim Harding: Guest Statement: The Renewable Energy Advantage
16. Patricia Fitzpatrick and Mary Louise McAllister: Canadian Mineral Resource Development: A Sustainable and Resilient
Enterprise?
Jason Prno: Guest Statement: The "Social License to Operate": A Key to Sustainable Mineral Development
17. Meg Holden and Virginia Maclaren: Urban Environmental Management and Resilience in Canada
Mike Harcourt: Guest Statement: Urban Environmental Sustainability
18.
Derek Armitage: Resource and Environmental Management in Northern Canada
David Livingstone: Guest Statement: Responsible and Environmentally Sound Economic Development in the Northwest Territories (NWT): If Norway Can Do It, Why Can't We?
Glossary
Index
Instructor's Manual: NEW
For each chapter:
Critical thinking questions
Sample essay questions
Annotated references
Suggested web links
PowerPoint slides:
Lecture outline slides
Image Bank:
Figures, tables, maps, and photos from the text
E-Book
(ISBN 9780199009893)
Bruce Mitchell, PhD, is professor of geography, cross-appointed in the School of Planning and Associate Provost, Academic and Student Affairs, at the University of Waterloo. Mitchell is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and a Fellow of the International Water Resources Association. In
2008, he received the Massey Medal from the Royal Canadian Geography Society, which recognizes outstanding career achievement in the exploration, development, or description of the geography of Canada. Mitchell is also the co-author of OUP's best-selling Environmental Change and Challenge, fourth
edition (OUP 2012).
Introduction to Environmental Impact Assessment - Bram F. Noble
Parks and Protected Areas in Canada - Edited by Philip Dearden, Rick Rollins and Mark Needham
Geographic Information Systems - Michael G. Wing and Peter Bettinger
Integrated Resource and Environmental Management - Edited by Kevin S. Hanna and D. Scott Slocombe
Making Sense in Geography and Environmental Sciences - Margot Northey, Dianne Draper and David B. Knight